Leonard v. Aviation Credit Corporation

Sued by appellee in the lower court on a promissory note for $208.89 executed by appellant to the order of Dixie Aircraft School on November 3, 1941, and transferred by the said school to appellee, appellant defended on the ground that there was a failure of consideration of said note and that appellee was not an innocent holder thereof. At the conclusion of the testimony the jury, under instruction of the court, returned a verdict in favor of appellee for the amount- of the note. From judgment entered on the verdict this appeal is prosecuted.

The evidence showed that the note sued on was…